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Monday, January 26, 2026

Social media users turn to AI in attempt to 'enhance' US shooting images - BBC

  • We’ve covered a lot on today’s BBC Verify Live - here’s a quick rundown of what we’ve been reporting on.

    After Saturday’s deadly shooting by a federal agent in Minneapolis we’ve seen “AI-enhanced” images of the incident go viral and verified footage showing a very close-up view of what happened.

    Here in the UK, we’ve been digging into the data on police numbers as major changes to policing in England and Wales are announced.

    Plus, we’ve been tracking two dark fleet tankers sailing erratically in the Mediterranean and verifying footage of a drone strike on a high-rise residential building in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.

    We’ll be back with more from BBC Verify tomorrow.

  • Benedict Garman and Thomas Copeland
    BBC Verify

    We’ve been analysing footage taken right next to where Alex Pretti was shot dead that has given us a detailed and close-up view of what happened before, during and after the incident.

    The footage is about nine minutes in length and was filmed from the front seat of a stationary car right next to where Pretti was killed. At times, the driver has her window down and some of what the federal agents were shouting is audible.

    Early in the footage we hear Pretti attempting to intervene as a federal agent warns two people to stay back. “Do not push them into the traffic”, Pretti shouts. The agent appears to reply: “I’m pushing them away from the traffic.” The agent is then seen through the windscreen of the car forcefully pushing three people including Pretti.

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